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Girl Games 0.4.1 (Patreon Test Build)

Well, kids, here it is - finally!!! 

I know I promised this on Friday but unfortunately exporting the game caused a bunch of new issues to work through and I've spent the last couple days making sure everything is back to working as intended. 

Hopefully I've found almost everything now and the game seems to be working fine (I just played it through from start to finish to triple check every possibility I could think of!), but as with all things like this there might stil...

February Update #1!

Okay, first things first - it's coming!! As in real soon (hopefully Friday). I've done sooo much work since my last post it's insane. And there's a few juicy surprises for you all I promise! The game is feeling so much more fleshed out and there's a ton of fun stuff to do (at least in my humble opinion) and I just can't wait to share it with you all. I'm gonna burn the candle at both ends to get this damn thing out by Friday - just you wait and see!

Which brings me to my ne...

January Update

Hey hey!! Obviously I'd love this post to be the one that says 'here's the new version - go wild!' but I'm afraid that day is still a couple weeks away. 

That said, I've made SO MUCH progress this month it's insane. It's been so so amazing to be able to treat this as my main focus for the whole of this month and honestly the game has come on in leaps and bounds as a result. Here's what I've gotten done so far: 

- all existing cut scenes completely rewritten/formatted as ...

December Update

Hey all, I'm back again to tell you where I'm at with Girl Games! First up, before we get into it, I'm gonna start off by saying that I'm pausing billing again this month - hopefully for the last time. But 10 days of Covid, plus a bunch of other work, meant that I didn't get as far with my work on the game as I'd have hoped, and as I still don't have anything new to show you all, I didn't feel it was fair to charge you this month. Which means that you can stay subscribed and come Jan...

Monthly Update: Snakes 'n' Ladders!

So since the test build I've been doing some serious 'refactoring' of my code - meaning I've not simply been ironing out the bugs but instead going back and making the whole thing a whole lot more smoothly -  so that such things don't appear in the first place.

I'm not sure how much or little depth to go into about this (for fear of boring you all!) but for those interested, keep on reading and I'll explain. And for the rest of you, skip on down a paragraph or three!

So yeah,...

Update: Working Version of the Test Build Now Available

Well, that didn't exactly go smoothly, did it? Obviously I knew there'd be some bugs and glitches but I wasn't quite prepared for just how many - and the one that really broke my heart was that the damn characters and foreground images were missing!

You'll be glad to know that I've ironed out that particular issue - in case you're interested: turns out what runs fine within the game editor is way more picky when the game is exported and I had the foreground images fold...

UPDATE - Web Version is Actually Working!!!

So I dug into the main initial issue - the character images not showing and I've got it working on the web version! There might still be a few issues with choices not showing up but maybe this is all working now? I'm going to play through myself start to finish to make sure and might update again if i run into any obvious snags (do post any issues you find in the comments below or DM) but ... this version actually seems to be working in the sense that the damn characters are finally showing u...

Well, that was definitely a TEST BUILD ...

Thank you all so much for your feedback so far - I'm already working hard on trying to sort out a number of issues and whatnot and will update you all with a newer version very soon! 

Here's what the game should have already: full content for the Heather route all the way up to (but not including) the Girl Games competition on day 28. Also, and this one is really frustrating me currently! - images for the characters - Heather, Amy, Kevin, etc - should all be showing up whe...

Girl Games Test build ...

[EDIT: Unless you're super curious and impatient to see the game, I'd say hold off on even downloading/playing this version as it turns out there's a bunch of bugs and whatnot that make it quite a strange and unplayable experience right now (missing options, missing character images, etc). I'm working hard on sorting them out and will post a newer version of the test build as soon as I have them sorted! Hopefully in a day or so!]

Well here it is - finally!! No doubt there'll be some wei...

Tomorrow!!

Okay, so I said first of the month but seriously, I've had five hours sleep, I'm putting finishing touches to this thing like a mad woman and I just want to wake up tomorrow with a fresh head and make sure it's all as perfect as can possibly be before I share it with you. 

Plus I need to make sure the different game exports - PC, Mac, Linux (and hopefully Web) even actually work okay too! So yeah ... One more day. 

But I promise it'll be done by tomorrow! And honestly, g...

There will be billing!

So as I mentioned in my last post - BILLING IS BACK ON, meaning come tomorrow you will be debited whatever your monthly pledge is. But the reason I'm finally turning it back on is because I have something new to share with you finally!! I'm so so so excited and pleased and proud to finally have a working version of this totally improved, totally rebuilt version of Girl Games to share with you all, but before you get as excited as I am let me explain exactly what this...

Consider this your heads up!

I'm super excited to announce that I'm getting close to sharing a playable version with you all! And once I'm ready that also means I'll be turning billing back on - most likely toward the end of this month. 

Which means that, come October 1st, you'll be debited for whatever tier pledge you've signed up for. But hopefully having a test build of Girl Games 0.4.1 to play will sweeten the blow a little! 

I'll be sharing more details about this new version in anther post rea...

Monthly Update ...

I'm gonna keep this post pretty short and to the point, but I thought I'd better fill you in on the latest developments! As some of you may have noticed, this montly status update is coming much later in the month than usual, and I have to admit, that was in part because I've been working like a banshee and I was seriously hoping to announce that I have a playable version ready to go ...

But I'm afraid that's still a little ways off. I've got everything hooked up and in place s...

Monthly Update

Hey again! By now we all know how this goes, right? First I tell you that I've STILL not finished the first main (Heather) storyline, which means the game is still not ready to share, and then I soften the blow by letting you know that you haven't been billed this month. 

And ... yep. All of the above is true. That said, I have been working super hard on this, at the expense of my damn Amazon sales too(!), spending what amounted last month to nearly a whole full-time week ...

Monthly Update

Hey kids, it's that time again ... where I tell you that I'm pausing billing for another month. But you all knew that was coming right? If I learnt one thing from the previous iterations of Girl Games, it was that hurrying this thing and putting out a version when it wasn't totally ready just comes back to bite me in the ass! 

So this time around I wanna get everything perfect - and as I keep saying, I'm not even going to share a private demo of the game this time around u...

Monthly Update!

So do you want the good news, or the bad news? 

What's that? You want the bad news first? 

Alrighty then. I guess we'll just get it out of the way: I'm still not done writing all the text and plotting out the main story arcs - which means the game still isn't quite ready to share, even as a private demo. 

But here's the good news ...You won't be billed again for April! 

And don't worry, that's not all, either. Because whil...

Well here it is ...

Ladies and gentlemen, for your enjoyment, I proudly present ... the wardrobe system (again). If you read the last post, then you'll know what this is about, and if you didn't then I suggest you go read it! 

But in short, this is the new inventory and paperdoll system I have set up in Godot. I know it's not exactly the most thrilling thing in the world, seeing as this is the third implementation of the same system. But hopefully you can get a better idea of the new look paperdoll - ...

Monthly Update!

Well kids, it's that time again. And this time around I've actually got some pretty exciting news. But before we get into all that, first off I'm letting you know that I'm pausing billing again (meaning that you won't be getting charged for your patronage come March 1st). 

That said, all being well, I will be turning billing back on for April - because I've made some really exciting developments with the new (hopefully improved) version of Girl Games! As I outlined before,...

Status Update!

Hey Kitties! Hope you're all doing well! I'm back again with a little status update to let you all know where I'm at with Girl Games. But before we get into all that, first thing I should say is: I'm pausing billing for another month. Meaning, you won't be charged a dime on February 1st (at least not from me, lol). As I've stated before, I don't feel at all comfortable taking money from you if you're not getting anything new in return for it. I'll be keeping things on pause ...

New Year's Resolution

Happy New Year all! You wanna know what my resolution is this year? To get this damn game finished! 

To that end, I've been working hard on what I wrote about in my last post - getting a very bare bones but complete main story arc plotted out in Twine. It's not quite at a stage to share yet, with a lot of shorthand and missing/unwritten scenes and so forth, but it's getting there! 

That said, because I still don't have anything new to share with y'all, ...

Version 0.3.2 - Public Build + A General Update

Okay, first things first, I'm finally releasing the public build of Version 0.3.2 - in other words 'Chapter One' of this Ren'py version. That said, I'm afraid to report that things might be changing ... again.

But before we get onto that, I'd better give anyone that hasn't already played it the links, right?

PC/Linux Version

2020-11-20 15:17:46 +0000 UTC View Post

It's the end of the month ... again?!

Okay, so it's happened AGAIN. Somehow a whole 'nother month has zoomed by and what do I have to show for it? Well, actually, this time around I do have something!!!

It took a little longer than expected (due to a few real life hiccups that I don't wanna bore you with), but the long and the short of it is that here it is: the very-nearly-almost-finished Girl Games: Chapter One. Basically this version is 99% complete, save from a little spit n' polish (plus any last minu...

Okay so hear me out!

Things this month didn't exactly go to plan. While I did get some more work done on the new Girl Games update (and plan to have it with y'all very soon - it's like 75% complete), I haven't managed to totally finish it it by the end of this month, which means: I'm pausing the billing cycle this month. 

Basically, I don't feel comfortable charging anyone for another month when I've not delivered anything new - I hope that makes sense! I do plan to ...

Girl Games - 0.3.? aka Accountability Post!

So here's the deal. You guys are paying for this, right? You're giving your hard-earned money, each month, to help support me in making this game. And obviously I'm so so grateful for that! 

Well, I also made a promise to myself, and I guess by extention to you too, that if I didn't finish a full update by the end of the month, I'd still post whatever I had of the game - both to hold myself to accountability, and also to show you wonderful patrons of mine...

Wanna sit with the cool kids?

Well, you'd better decide which clique to pick, because that's one of the new dilemmas that'll be facing you in Version 0.32 of Girl Games - aka 'Chapter One'! I'm currently re-working the classroom stuff to make it way more interesting, with each day offering a little something new ... There'll also be a few other new hidden treats do discover in and around campus, as well as that all-important first encounter with your mistress.

I'm working hard to make sure the update is out (at leas...

Version 0.3.1: The Response ...

Well, as I was predicting, the all new Ren'py version was met with a mixed response. I wish wish wish I had even more time to work on this game - my dream would be to do it full time - and to just be able to wave a magic wand and transfer everything from the old Twine version over to the new version in one go! But obviously that's not gonna happen and it'll be a couple months until I'm back to roughly where I was (i.e. with a few weeks worth of content instead of one complete day). 

Girl Games - Version 0.3.1

Girl Games Version 0.3.1. is out now! Here are the relevant links: 

The 'Play Online' version is here. [Note: this may not work on your browser; it's a little different to Twine ...]

PC/Linux Download.

2020-06-26 15:38:29 +0000 UTC View Post

It's coming!

You know what? I should be banned from making promises. Seriously. All those times I've said, "I should have the next version out in a couple days" and then you don't hear anything for like a week (or more). You see, the thing is, when I say that stuff I really mean it. I'm an optimist at heart, but then of course real life (or a collosal coding nightmare) comes along and bam, things get pushed back another week or whatever!

But this time, please believe me when i say:...

Quick poll about the player art!

So about the player art ... I promise I wont get my feelings hurt if you tell me to get a pro in! I'm a writer, not an artist and I want this game to play (and look) it's best. So please, don't hold back! And feel free to vote on more than one option too! :) 

Status report: a small victory!

Hey kids, hope you're all doing well. Thought it was about time I checked in again and let you know how things are shaping up. I'd have posted sooner but I wanted something tangible to share and for the last however-many days I've been elbow deep in a puzzle - namely how to transfer the wardrobe system I had working in Twine (which uses Javascript) over to Ren'py (which uses Python). And BOY was that a real head fuck! 

You see, the way it works under the hood, for each item of clot...